pass: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with P · ends with S
Meaning of pass
verb
- intransitive
To change place. To move or be moved from one place to another.
Example: They passed from room to room.
- transitive
To change place. To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
Example: You will pass a house on your right.
- ditransitive
To change place. To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
Example: The waiter passed biscuits and cheese.
- intransitive, transitive
To change place. To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
Example: He was passing blood in both his urine and his stool.
Listed forms: passes, passing, passed, glossary, passest.
Source: Wiktionary — pass.
noun
An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
Example: mountain pass
A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
Example: the passes of the Mississippi
A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
Listed forms: passes.
Source: Wiktionary — pass.
noun
- slang
A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
Example: Anyone want to trade passes?
Listed forms: passes.
Source: Wiktionary — pass.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for pass.
adjective
of advancing the ball by throwing it
noun
(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- base on balls
- walk
noun
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- passing play
- passing game
- passing
noun
the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- mountain pass
- notch
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is pass in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of pass
P(3) + A(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of pass
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from pass
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in pass. Showing up to 24, longest first.